Use of the figurative phrase with kid gloves took hold by the end of the 19th century. Kid-glove was entered in the 1909 Webster's New International Dictionary as an adjective meaning "wearing kid gloves hence, characterized by the fastidiousness, daintiness, or delicacy looked for in those who wear kid gloves." Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance, 1852 Our faces took the sunburn kindly our chests gained in compass, and our shoulders in breadth and squareness our great brown fists looked as if they had never been capable of kid gloves. To the rougher classes, however, the gloves might have seemed a delicate affectation: Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, "Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!" The White Rabbit carries a pair in Alice in Wonderland: It was the material used to make the classic white gloves worn by house servants, for example, or by those handling museum artifacts.īefore long, kid gloves were associated with the aristocracy, a staple of foppish characters. Kid leather is soft and smooth, making it a perfect material for handling objects (such as silverware) without leaving smudges. "Combine a basketball player with an excellent vertical, with a forklift, and that's pretty much Captain Hammer.The 'kid' in 'kid gloves' is a young goat, not a young person. Reposted from Iwanttobelieve - supposedly a quote from Comic-Con 2012 I love how he’s so narcissistic, and he doesn’t know how stupid he is. It’s actually quite powerful, his power of stupidity. " One of his superpowers is being stupid. Unfortunately, the sources (comic-con quotes and defunct videos) are slightly dubious. There have been a couple of interviews that shed light on his powers. He can leap at least 30 feet into the air (landing heavily, in line with a jump): In the Dr Horrible One-shot Comics, we learn a little more about Hammer.
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